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Electrodes Modified with Synthetic Clay Minerals: Electrochemistry of Cobalt Smectites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Yan Xiang  and
Gilles Villemure
Yan Xiang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Bag Service #45222, Fredericton New Brunswick E2B 6E2, Canada
Gilles Villemure
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Bag Service #45222, Fredericton New Brunswick E2B 6E2, Canada
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Abstract

Hydrothermal treatment of a mixture of silicic acid, cobalt chloride, sodium dithionite and sodium hydroxide at 250 °C under 500 psi of argon produced a pink solid. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron diffraction data showed the product to be a well-crystallized smectite. SEM/EDX analysis gave a unit cell formula of [(Si8.05)(Co5.58)O20(OH)4]Na066. Heating the same mixture at 150 °C without argon gave a less well ordered smectite of composition [(Si7.93)(CO5.92)O20(OH)4]Na0.42. Two peaks were observed in the cyclic voltammograms of electrodes modified with films of these two clays recorded for the blank electrolytes in the absence of any adsorbed electroactive species. The first peak was attributed to the oxidation of a small fraction of the Co2+ sites within the clay lattices to Co3+. The second peak was assigned to further oxidation of these Co3+ to Co4+.

Keywords

Clay-modified ElectrodesCobaltCyclic VoltammetrySmectitesSynthetic Clay
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , August 1996 , pp. 515 - 521
Copyright
Copyright © 1996, The Clay Minerals Society

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